Surah 79 · verse 28
An-Nazi'at 79:28
Sign in to listenرَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا
rafa'a samkaha fa-sawwaha
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ
So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].
Verse 26إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ
Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].
Verse 27أَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ ۚ بَنَاهَا
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
Verse 30وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا
And after that He spread the earth.
Verse 31أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا مَاءَهَا وَمَرْعَاهَا
He extracted from it its water and its pasture,
